Camera module and molding circuit board assembly, circuit board and application thereof

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a camera module and a molding circuit board assembly, circuit board and application thereof, the circuit board comprising a digital circuit unit, an analog circuit unit and a substrate. The digital circuit nit and the analog circuit unit are respectively formed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at least one part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digital circuit unit, so as to prevent an electromagnetic wave generated by a circuit of the digital circuit unit from interfering with an electrical signal transmitted and processed by the analog circuit unit, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the transmission and the processing of the electrical signal by the circuit board.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of optical imaging, and moreparticularly to a camera module, a molding circuit board assembly, acircuit board and application thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The rapid development of technology has made electronic devices more andmore oriented towards high-performance and intelligent development. Thedegree of intelligence of electronic devices depends on the cameramodule that is conFig.d in the electronic device, wherein, especiallythe imaging quality and signal transmission capability of the cameramodule have a great influence on the intelligence of the electronicdevice. In addition, the size of the camera module (including thecircumferential size and height) affects the lightness and thinness ofthe electronic device. Therefore, improving the imaging quality andsignal transmission capability of the camera module based on reducingthe size of the camera module has become an urgent technical problem inthe field.

FIG. 1 shows a circuit board 10P of a conventional camera module,wherein a digital circuit unit 11P and an analog circuit unit 12P aredisposed in the circuit board 10P, the digital circuit unit 11P and theanalog circuit unit 12P are conductively communicated with each other,wherein the circuit of the digital circuit unit 11P and the circuit ofthe analog circuit unit 12P are disposed in a mixed manner, and at leastone photosensitive chip is conductively connected to the digital circuitunit 11P. The digital circuit unit 11P is for processing a digitalsignal, wherein the digital signal includes MIPI (digital transmissiontype data signal), IIC (digital control type signal), MCLK (digitalclock signal), DVDD/DGND (digital power supply), and the like, theanalog circuit unit 12P is for processing an analog signal, wherein theanalog signal includes AVDD (analog power supply), VTG/VRGSL (analogvoltage reference), and the like. It will be known by those skilled inthe art that the digital circuit unit 11P processes and transmits thedigital signal in such a communication manner that high and low peaksignals of current are communicated, and the circuit of the digitalcircuit unit 11P will generates electromagnetic waves near the circuitas transmitting the digital signal, the analog circuit unit 12Pprocesses and transmits the analog signal in such a communication mannerthat current and voltage are slightly fluctuating, such that the analogcircuit unit 12P is susceptible to interference of electromagnetic waveas transmitting the analog signal. The circuit board 10P of theconventional camera module is disposed in such a manner that thecircuits of the digital circuit unit 11P and the circuits of the analogcircuit unit 12P are mixed together, causing the analog circuit unit 12to be susceptible to interference of electromagnetic waves generated bythe circuit of the digital circuit part 11P to reduce the ability oftransmitting and processing signal of the circuit board 10P asprocessing and transmitting the analog signal, thereby affecting theperformance of the camera module. In addition, the circuit part 10P ofthe conventional camera module is dispose in such a manner that thecircuit of the digital circuit unit 11P and the circuit of the analogcircuit unit 12P are mixed together, thereby not only increasing thecomplexity of the circuit of the circuit board 10P, but also reducingthe reliability of the circuit board 10P. Therefore, preventing theelectromagnetic wave generated by the circuit of the digital circuitunit 11P from interfering with the analog signal processed andtransmitted by the analog circuit unit 12P, and overcoming variousproblems arising in the process becomes a problem to be solved by thepresent invention. In addition, reducing the size of the camera moduleand overcoming various problems arising in the process is also a problemto be solved by the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein stability of the circuit board as transmitting an electricalsignal is effectively enhanced.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein stability of the circuit board as processing the electricalsignals is effectively enhanced.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the circuit board includes a digital circuit unit and an analogcircuit unit, the digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit areconductively communicated, and electromagnetic waves generated by thecircuit of the digital circuit unit are prevented from interfering withthe electrical signal processed and transmitted by the analog circuitunit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein at least one part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distancefrom the digital circuit unit to prevent electromagnetic waves generatedby the circuits of the digital circuit unit from interfering with theelectrical signals processed and transmitted by the analog circuit unit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the circuit board includes a substrate, and the digital circuitunit and the analog circuit unit can be respectively formed on thedifferent areas of the substrate to be able to form the safe distancebetween the analog circuit unit and the digital circuit unit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the substrate has at least one digital circuit area and ananalog circuit area, the digital circuit unit is formed of a circuitdisposed in the digital circuit area and an electronic component locatedin the digital circuit area, the analog circuit unit is formed of acircuit disposed in the analog circuit area and an electronic componentlocated in the analog circuit area, thereby the circuit of the digitalcircuit unit and at least one part of the circuit of the analog circuitunit are no longer mixed together, thereby preventing electromagneticwaves generated by the circuit of the digital circuit unit frominterfering with the electrical signals processed and transmitted by theanalog circuit unit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the substrate has at least one chip holding portion for holdingat least one photosensitive chip, wherein the photoreceptor chip of thechip holding portion of the substrate and the digital circuit unit areconductively connected to the analog circuit unit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the analog circuit unit surrounds at least two sides of the chipholding portion of the substrate.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the size of the camera module can be reduced, such that thecamera module is particularly suitable for use in electronic device thatis light and thin.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the substrate has at least one accommodating space to form thechip holding portion, wherein the photosensitive chip is accommodated inthe accommodation space to sink the photosensitive chip, and in thisway, the height of the camera module can be reduced. The object of thepresent invention is to provide a camera module, a molding circuit boardassembly, a circuit board and application thereof, wherein thephotosensitive chip is accommodated in the accommodating space to sinkthe photosensitive chip, and in this way, the height difference betweenthe upper surface of the photosensitive chip and the upper surface ofthe substrate can be reduced, even the upper surface of thephotosensitive chip and the upper surface of the substrate have sameheight, or the upper surface of the photosensitive chip is lower thanthe upper surface of the substrate, such that the height of the cameramodule is reduced.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein at least one part of the circuit of the analog circuit unitextends along a width direction of the substrate, such that the circuitof the circuit board is more compact and reasonable.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the camera module provides a molding base, and the molding basecan be integrally bonded to the circuit board, and in this way, the sizeof the camera module can be reduced, such that the camera module isparticularly suitable for use in the electronic device that are lightand thin.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the molding base can also be integrally bonded to anon-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip, such that thephotosensitive chip, the molding base, and the circuit board areintegrally bonded.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the molding base can reinforce the strength of the circuit boardto make the circuit board flatter.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the molding base can reinforce the strength of the circuitboard, such that the circuit board can employ a thinner plate to reducethe height of the camera module.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the molding base is capable of isolating electronic componentsattached to or partially embedded in the circuit board and thephotosensitive chip to prevent contaminant departing from the surface ofthe electronic component or the connection position of the electroniccomponent and the circuit board, such as debris, and the like, fromcontaminating the photosensitive chip.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the molding base separates the analog circuit unit and thedigital circuit unit to prevent electromagnetic waves generated by thecircuit of the digital circuit unit from interfering with the electricalsignals processed and transmitted by the analog circuit unit.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the camera module further provides a protecting portion, whereinthe protecting portion is located between the circuit board and an upperdie of a molding die to protect the circuit board before the moldingbase is molded.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the protecting portion is located between the circuit board andan upper die of the molding die, such that, when the upper die of themolding die contacts with the circuit board to generate an impact force,the protecting portion can absorb the impact force to prevent the impactforce from directly acting on the circuit board, thereby preventing thecircuit board from being damaged and deformed.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the protecting portion is located between the circuit board andan upper die of the molding die to prevent a gap from being generatedbetween the upper surface of the circuit board and the press-fittedsurface of the upper die of the molding die, such that when the moldingbase is molded, it is possible to prevent a molding material fromleaking into the chip holding portion of the substrate, therebypreventing the photosensitive chip from being contaminated. The objectof the present invention is to provide a camera module, a moldingcircuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof, whereinthe protecting portion is located between the circuit board and an upperdie of the molding die to prevent a gap from being generated between theupper surface of the circuit board and the press-fitted surface of theupper die of the molding die, such that when the molding base is molded,it is possible to avoid the occurrence of “flash” caused by the leakageof the molding material.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the protecting portion is disposed in a press-fitted surface ofan upper die of the molding die, such that the protecting portion isheld between the upper die of the molding die and the circuit board whenthe upper die of the molding die applies pressure to the upper surfaceof the circuit board.

The object of the present invention is to provide a camera module, amolding circuit board assembly, a circuit board and application thereof,wherein the protecting portion is disposed in an upper surface of thecircuit board, such that the protecting portion is held between theupper die of the molding die and the circuit board when the upper die ofthe molding die applies pressure to the upper surface of the circuitboard.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present inventionprovides a circuit board, comprising:

a digital circuit unit;

an analog circuit unit; and

a substrate, wherein the digital circuit unit and the analog circuitunit are respectively formed on the substrate, and the digital circuitunit and the analog circuit unit are conductively connected to eachother, wherein at least one part of the analog circuit unit has a safedistance from the digital circuit unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, 40%˜100% of part ofthe analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digital circuitunit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, 70%˜99% of part ofthe analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digital circuitunit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a parameter of awidth of the safety distance formed between the analog circuit unit andthe digital circuit unit is L1, wherein the parameter L1 of the width ofthe safety distance has a value range of: 0.02 mm≤L1≤0.5 mm.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein theparameter L1 of the width of the safety distance has a value range of:0.1 mm≤L1≤0.4 mm.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shape of theanalog circuit unit is selected from the group consisting of an L shape,a C shape, and an unclosed O shape.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the substrate hasat least one accommodation space for accommodating a photosensitivechip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the substratecomprises two or more plate layers that overlap each other.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the layer number ofthe plate layer of the substrate has a value range of: 2˜20.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the layer number ofthe plate layer of the substrate has a value range of: 4˜10.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the substrate hasat least one communicating hole and includes at least one circuitconnector, wherein each of the communicating holes of the substratecommunicates with two adjacent plate layers, each of the circuitconnectors is formed on an inner wall of the substrate, which is used toform the communicating hold, and each of the circuit connectorsconductively connects the circuits of two adjacent plate layers.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the circuit on eachof the plate layers is respectively a horizontally extending circuit anda vertically extending circuit, the horizontally extending circuitextends along a length direction and/or a width direction of the platelayer, the vertically extending circuit extends along a verticaldirection of the plate layer, wherein the vertically extending circuitof one of the plate layers are conductively connected with thehorizontally extending circuit of adjacent plate layer by the circuitconnector.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the diameterparameter of the communicating hole is a, the width parameter of thecircuit is b, the minimum distance parameter of adjacent circuits oradjacent communicating holes is c, the minimum distance parameter fromthe edge of the substrate to the edge of the analog circuit area is d,and the narrowest side width parameter of the substrate is e, whereinthe parameter e has a value range of: [2*d+min(a, b)*2+c]˜[2*d+10*max(a,b)+9*c].

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parameter e hasa value range of: [2*d+2*max(a, b)+c]˜[2*d+4*max(a, b)+3*c].

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the thickness ofthe plate layer of the substrate has a value range of: 0.005 mm˜0.5 mm.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the thickness ofthe plate layer of the substrate has a value range of: 0.01 mm˜0.2 mm.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present inventionfurther provides a molding circuit board assembly, comprising:

at least one photosensitive chip;

a molding base, wherein the molding base has at least one light window;and

at least one circuit boards, wherein the circuit board comprises adigital circuit unit, an analog circuit unit and a substrate, whereinthe digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are respectivelyformed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analogcircuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at leastone part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digitalcircuit unit, wherein the photosensitive chip is held in a chip holdingportion of the circuit board, and the photosensitive chip isconductively connected to at least one circuit portion of the analogcircuit unit and the digital circuit unit of the circuit board, whereinthe molding base is integrally bonded to the substrate, and aphotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip corresponds to the lightwindow of the molding base.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the molding base isintegrally bonded to a non-photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the photosensitivechip is attached to the chip holding portion of the photosensitive chip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the molding circuitboard assembly further comprising at least one electronic component,wherein each of the electronic components is attached to the substrate,or each of the electronic components is completely or partially embeddedin the substrate, and each of the electronic components is conductivelyconnected to the digital circuit unit or the analog circuit unit.

a camera module, characterized by comprising:

at least one optical lens;

at least one photosensitive chip; and

at least one circuit board, wherein the circuit board comprises adigital circuit unit, an analog circuit unit and a substrate, whereinthe digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are respectivelyformed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analogcircuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at leastone part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digitalcircuit unit, wherein the photosensitive chip is held in a chip holdingportion of the circuit board, and the photosensitive chip isconductively connected to at least one circuit portion of the analogcircuit unit and the digital circuit unit of the circuit board, theoptical lens is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitivechip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera modulefurther comprising at least one lens frame, wherein the lens frame hasat least one light through channel, wherein the lens frame is attachedto the circuit board, and the photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip corresponds to the light through channel of the lens frame, and thelight through channel of the lens frame forms a light path between thephotosensitive chip and the optical lens.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera modulefurther comprising a molding base, wherein the molding base has at leastone light window, wherein the molding base is integrally bonded to thecircuit board, and the molding base surrounds the photosensitive area ofthe photosensitive chip such that a photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip corresponds to the light window of the molding base,and the light through channel of the lens frame forms a light pathbetween the photosensitive chip and the optical lens.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the molding base isintegrally bonded to the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the photosensitivechip is attached to the chip holding portion of the photosensitive chip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera modulefurther comprising at least one bracket and at least one filter element,the bracket has at least one light through hole, the filter element isattached to the bracket, the bracket is attached to the molding base tohold the filter element between the optical lens and the photosensitivechip by the bracket.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera modulefurther comprising at least one electronic component, wherein each ofthe electronic components is attached on the substrate, or each of theelectronic components is completely or partially embedded in thesubstrate, and each of the electronic components is conductivelyconnected to the digital circuit unit or the analog circuit unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides an electronic device, comprising anelectronic device body; and a camera module disposed in the electronicdevice body, wherein the camera module comprises:

at least one optical lens;

at least one photosensitive chip; and

at least one circuit board, wherein the circuit board comprises adigital circuit unit, an analog circuit unit and a substrate, whereinthe digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are respectivelyformed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analogcircuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at leastone part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digitalcircuit unit, wherein the photosensitive chip is held in a chip holdingportion of the circuit board, and the photosensitive chip isconductively connected to at least one circuit portion of the analogcircuit unit and the digital circuit unit of the circuit board, theoptical lens is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitivechip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronicdevice body is a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digitalassistant, an electronic paper book, an MP3/4/5, an electronic book or acalculator.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention provides a molding circuit board assembly, comprising:

a protecting portion;

at least one photosensitive chip;

a molding base, wherein the molding base has at least one light window;and

at least one circuit board, wherein the circuit board further comprisesa substrate, wherein the substrate has at least one chip holdingportion, at least one protecting area surrounding the chip holdingportion, and at least one bonding area surrounding the protecting area,wherein the photosensitive chip is held in the chip holding portion ofthe substrate, wherein the protecting portion is located at least in theprotecting area of the substrate, wherein the molding base is integrallybonded to the bonding area of the substrate, and the molding basesurrounds the photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip such thatthe photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip corresponds to thelight window of the molding base.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is disposed at least in the protecting area of the substrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is formed at least on the protecting area of the substrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is disposed in the protecting area and the bonding area of thesubstrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is formed on the protecting area and the bonding area of thesubstrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is formed of ink applied to the substrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion is formed of glue applied to the substrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protectingportion has at least one opening, and a photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip corresponds to the opening of the protectingportion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the molding base isintegrally bonded to a non-photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides a camera module, comprising an optical lensand a molding circuit board assembly, wherein the molding circuit boardassembly comprises:

a protecting portion;

at least one photosensitive chip;

a molding base, wherein the molding base has at least one light window;and

at least one circuit board, wherein the circuit board further comprisesa substrate, wherein the substrate has at least one chip holdingportion, at least one protecting area surrounding the chip holdingportion, and at least one bonding area surrounding the protecting area,wherein the photosensitive chip is held in the chip holding portion ofthe substrate, wherein the protecting portion is located at least in theprotecting area of the substrate, wherein the molding base is integrallybonded to the bonding area of the substrate, and the molding basesurrounds the photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip such thatthe photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip corresponds to thelight window of the molding base, wherein the optical lens is held inthe photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip, and the light windowof the molding base forms a light through channel between thephotosensitive chip and the optical lens.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera modulefurther comprises at least one bracket and at least one filter element,the bracket has at least one light through hole, the filter element isattached to the bracket, the bracket is attached to the molding base tohold the filter element between the optical lens and the photosensitivechip by the bracket.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides an electronic device, comprising anelectronic device body and at least one of the camera modules disposedin the electronic device body, wherein the camera module comprises atleast one optical lens and a molding circuit board assembly, wherein themolding circuit board assembly comprises:

a protecting portion;

at least one photosensitive chip;

a molding base, wherein the molding base has at least one light window;and

at least one circuit board, wherein the circuit board further comprisesa substrate, wherein the substrate has at least one chip holdingportion, at least one protecting area surrounding the chip holdingportion, and at least one bonding area surrounding the protecting area,wherein the photosensitive chip is held in the chip holding portion ofthe substrate, wherein the protecting portion is located at least in theprotecting area of the substrate, wherein the molding base is integrallybonded to the bonding area of the substrate, and the molding basesurrounds the photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip such thatthe photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip corresponds to thelight window of the molding base, wherein the optical lens is held inthe photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip, and the light windowof the molding base forms a light through channel between thephotosensitive chip and the optical lens.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronicdevice body is a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal digitalassistant, an electronic paper book, an MP3/4/5, an electronic book or acalculator.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides a manufacturing method of a molding circuitboard assembly, wherein the manufacturing method comprises the followingsteps:

(a) providing a substrate with a protecting portion, wherein theprotecting portion is located at least in a protecting area of thesubstrate;

(b) forming a molding base having at least one light window on a bondingarea of the substrate by a molding process; and

(c) conductively connecting a photosensitive chip to the substrate viathe light window of the molding base to manufacture the molding circuitboard assembly.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (a),the method further comprising the steps of:

providing the substrate; and

disposing the protecting portion at least in the protecting area of thesubstrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (a),the method further comprising the steps of:

providing the substrate; and

at least forming the protecting portion on the protecting area of thesubstrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the abovemethod, the protecting portion is further formed on the bonding area ofthe substrate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step offorming the protecting portion on the protecting area of the substrate,the method further comprises the step of: at least applying ink to theprotecting area of the substrate to form the protecting portion on theprotecting area of the substrate by ink.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step of atleast forming the protecting portion on the protecting area of thesubstrate, the method further comprises the step of: at least applyingglue to the protecting area of the substrate to form the protectingportion on the protecting area of the substrate by glue.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (b),the method further comprises the steps of:

placing the substrate into a lower die;

molding the upper die and the lower die in such a manner that theprotecting portion is applied pressure by a light window molding blockof an upper die such that the bonding area of the substrate is held in amolding space formed between the upper die and the lower die; and

curing a molding material added to the molding space such that themolding material forms the molding base bonded to the bonding area ofthe substrate.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides a manufacturing method of a camera module,wherein the manufacturing method comprises the following steps:

providing a substrate with a protecting portion, wherein the protectingportion is located at least in a protecting area of the substrate;

forming a molding base having at least one light window on a bondingarea of the substrate by a molding process;

conductively connecting a photosensitive chip to the substrate via thelight window of the molding base; and

maintaining an optical lens on an photosensitive path of thephotosensitive chip to manufacture the camera module.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a circuit board of a conventional cameramodule.

FIG. 2 is a stereoscopic schematic diagram of an electronic deviceaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a stereoscopic schematic view of a camera module according tothe above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a sectional schematic view of the camera module according tothe above preferred embodiment of the present invention taken along itsintermediate position.

FIG. 4B is a sectional schematic view of a variant embodiment of thecamera module according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention taken along its intermediate position.

FIG. 4C is a sectional schematic view of another variant embodiment ofthe camera module according to the above preferred embodiment of thepresent invention taken along its intermediate position.

FIG. 4D is a sectional schematic view of another variant embodiment ofthe camera module according to the above preferred embodiment of thepresent invention taken along its intermediate position.

FIG. 5 is a top schematic view of a circuit board of the camera moduleaccording to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention,illustrating a relationship between a digital circuit unit, an analogcircuit unit, and a substrate of the circuit board.

FIG. 6 is a top schematic view of the circuit board of the camera moduleaccording to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention,illustrating the relationship between the digital circuit unit and thesubstrate of the circuit board.

FIG. 7 is a top schematic view of the circuit board of the camera moduleaccording to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention,illustrating the relationship between the analog circuit unit and thesubstrate of the circuit board.

FIG. 8 is a top schematic view showing a variant embodiment of thecircuit board of the camera module according to the above preferredembodiment of the present invention, illustrating the relationship amongthe digital circuit unit, the analog circuit unit and the substrate ofthe circuit board.

FIG. 9 is a partial schematic view of the circuit board of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the circuit layout principle of thecircuit board of the camera module according to the above preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a first manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 12A is a schematic view of a second manufacturing step of thecamera module according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 12B is a schematic view showing a first optional variant step ofthe second manufacturing step of the camera module according to theabove preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12C is a schematic view showing a second optional variant step ofthe second manufacturing step of the camera module according to theabove preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a third manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a fourth manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a fifth manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a sixth manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 17 is a schematic view of a seventh manufacturing step of thecamera module according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 18 is a schematic view of an eighth manufacturing step of thecamera module according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 19 is a schematic view of a ninth manufacturing step of the cameramodule according to the above preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 20A is a schematic view showing the interference of the tested MIPIsignal of the camera module according to the above preferred embodimentof the present invention.

FIG. 20B is a schematic view of the interference of the tested MIPIsignal of the conventional camera module.

DETAILEDCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following description is presented to disclose the invention toenable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. Thepreferred embodiments in the following description are by way of exampleonly, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in theart. The basic principles of the invention as defined in the followingdescription may be applied to other embodiments, modifications,improvements, equivalents, and other embodiments without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that in thedisclosure of the present invention, the orientation or positionalrelationship of the indications of the terms “longitudinal”,“transverse”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”,“upright”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, or thelike is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in thedrawings, which is merely for the convenience of describing the presentinvention, and it is not indicated or implied that the device orcomponent referred to must have a particular orientation, constructedand operated in a particular orientation, therefore, the above terms arenot to be construed as limitation of the present invention.

It will be understood that the term “a” is understood as “at least one”or “one or more”, that is, in one embodiment, the number of one elementmay be one, and in other embodiments, the number of the element can bemultiple, and the term “a” cannot be construed as limiting the quantity.

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 4A of the accompanying drawings of the presentinvention, a camera module 1 in accordance with a preferred embodimentof the present invention is illustrated in following description,wherein one or more of the camera modules 1 can be disposed in anelectronic device body 2 to form an electronic device, and the cameramodule 1 is used to help the electronic device acquire an image.

It is to be noted that, in the specific exemplary embodiment of theelectronic device shown in FIG. 2, taking the camera module 1 disposedin the rear of the electronic device body 2 as an example, those skilledin the art can be understood that, in other exemplary embodiments of theelectronic device, the camera module 1 may also be disposed in front ofthe electronic device body 2 or other positions, or at least one of thecamera modules 1 is disposed in front of the electronic device body 2and at least one of the camera modules 1 are disposed in the rear of theelectronic device body 2. Therefore, the specific exemplary embodimentof the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 should not be considered aslimiting the content and scope of the camera module 1 of the presentinvention.

It is to be noted that the type of the electronic device body 2 is alsonot limited, for example, the electronic device body 2 can beimplemented as a smart phone such as that shown in FIG. 2, in otherexemplary embodiments, the electronic device body 2 can also beimplemented as, but not limited to, a tablet computer, a personaldigital assistant, an electronic paper book, an MP3/4/5, an electronicbook, a calculator, and the like.

In addition, it is to be noted that the camera module 1 can beimplemented as a single-lens camera module, or can be implemented as anarray camera module, such as a dual-lens camera module, a three-lenscamera module, and the like. In the following description, taking thecamera module 1 is implemented as a single-lens camera module as anexample to illustrate the features and advantages of the camera module 1of the present invention, but it should not be considered as limitationson the content and scope of the camera module 1 of the presentinvention.

Further, according to a specific exemplary embodiment of the cameramodule 1 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4A, wherein the camera module 1 compriseat least one optical lens 10, at least one photosensitive chip 20, andat least one circuit board 30, wherein the photosensitive chip 20 andthe circuit board 30 are conductively connected, the optical lens 10 isheld in a photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip 20, whereinlight reflected by the object enters into the camera module 1 from theoptical lens 10, and then is received and photo-electrically convertedto form an electrical signal relating to the image of the object by thephotosensitive chip 20.

The circuit board 30 may be electrically connected to the electronicdevice body 2, wherein the electrical signal can be transmitted from thephotosensitive chip 20 to the electronic device body 2 by the circuitboard 30 to enable the electrical signal to be stored in the electronicdevice body 2, or enable an image of the object to be displayed throughthe display screen of the electronic device body 2. That is, theelectronic device body 2 can convert the electrical signal relating tothe image of the object formed by the photosensitive chip 20 into animage format, and can be displayed through the display screen of theelectronic device body 2.

With further reference to FIG. 4A, the camera module 1 further includesa molding base 40, wherein the molding base 40 has at least one lightwindow 41, wherein the molding base 40 can be integrally bonded to thecircuit board 30, such that the photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20 can correspond to the light window 41 of themolding base 40, thereby the light window 41 of the molding base 40forms the a light through path of the photosensitive chip 20 and theoptical lens 10 to allow light reflected by an object from the opticallens 10 to enter the inside of the camera module 1 to pass through thelight through path formed by the light window 41, and then is receivedand photo-electrically converted by the photosensitive chip 20.

In one exemplary embodiment, the molding base 40 may be integrallybonded to the circuit board 30, and then the photosensitive chip 20 maybe conductively connected to the circuit board 30 through the lightwindow 41 of the molding base 40. In another exemplary embodiment, thephotosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board 30 may be conductivelyconnected first, and then the molding base 40 may be integrally bondedto the circuit board 30. The camera module 1 of the present invention isnot limited in this regard.

Preferably, the molding base 40 may further be integrally bonded to atleast a part of the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip20 such that the molding base 40, the circuit board 30, and thephotosensitive chip 20 are integrated. For example, the photosensitivechip 20 and the circuit board 30 may be conductively connected first,and then the molding base 40 is integrally bonded to the circuit board30 and at least a part of the non-photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20, such that the molding base 40, the circuit board30, and the photosensitive chip 20 are integrated in such a manner thatat least a part of the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip 20 is embedded.

It will be understood that at least one photosensitive chips 20, atleast one circuit boards 30 and at least one molding bases 40 form amolding circuit board assembly 1000. That is, the camera module 1comprises at least one optical lenses 10 and at least one molded circuitboard assemblies 1000, wherein the molding circuit board assembly 1000further includes at least one photosensitive chips 20, at least onecircuit boards 30 and at least one molding bases 40, the molding base 40has at least one light windows 41, the photosensitive chip 20 and thecircuit board 30 are conductively connected, the molding base 40 isintegrally bonded to the circuit board 30, and a photosensitive area ofthe photosensitive chip 20 corresponds to the light window 41 of themolding base 40, and the optical lens 10 is held in the photosensitivepath of the photosensitive chip 20. Preferably, the molding base 40further embedded at least a part of the non-photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20.

In addition, the camera module 1 may be a fixed focus camera module or azoom camera module. When the camera module 1 is implemented as the fixedfocus camera module, the optical lens 10 can be directly attached to atop surface 42 of the molding base 40, such that the optical lens 10 isheld in the photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip 20; or theoptical lens 10 is assembled to a lens barrel, the lens barrel areattached to the top surface 42 of the molding base 40, such that theoptical lens 10 is held in a photosensitive path of the photosensitivechip 20; or the lens barrel integrally extends from the top surface 42of the molding base 40, and the optical lens 10 is assembled to the lensbarrel, such that the optical lens 10 is held in the photosensitive pathof the photosensitive chip 20.

With eference to FIG. 4A, the camera module 1 further comprises at leastone driver 50, wherein the optical lens 10 is drivably disposed in thedriver 50, and the driver 50 is attached to the top surface 42 of themolding base 40, such that the optical lens 10 is held in thephotosensitive path of the photosensitive chip 20. The driver 50 candrive the optical lens 10 to be displaced along the photosensitive pathof the photosensitive chip 20 to adjust the distance between the opticallens 10 and the photosensitive chip 20, such that the camera module 1forms the zoom camera module.

The driver 50 and the circuit board 30 are conductively connected.Specifically, the driver 50 is provided with a set of driver pins 51,the driver pins 51 of the driver 50 extends from the top surface 42 ofthe molding base 40 toward direction of the circuit board 30 and iselectrically connected to the circuit board 30.

Preferably, an outer surface 43 of the molding base 40 is provided withat least one pin groove 431, wherein the pin groove 431 extends from thetop surface 42 of the molding base 40 toward direction of the circuitboard 30, the driver pin 51 of the driver 50 is held in the pin groove431 of the molding base 40. In this way, the driver pin 51 of the driver50 is not protruded from the outer surface 43 of the molding base 40,such that, on one hand, the driver pin 51 can be prevented from beingtouched to cause a defect that affects the reliability of the driver 50,on the other hand, the integrity of the appearance of the camera module1 can be ensured. Preferably, the pin groove 431 of the outer surface 43of the molding base 40 is formed when the molding base 40 is molded.

The outer surface 43 of the molding base 40 is an inclined surface tofacilitate the demolding of the molding die 100 after the molding base40 is formed by a molding die 100 in a molding process. Of course, itwill be understood by those skilled in the art that, in other exemplaryembodiments, the tilt angle of the outer surface 43 of the molding base40 is formed by a cutting process. Further, the parameter of angleformed by the outer surface 43 of the molding base 40 and the opticalaxis of the photosensitive chip 20 is α, wherein the parameter a is anacute angle.

It is to be noted that the type of the driver 50 is not limited in thecamera module 1 of the present invention. For example, the driver 50 canbe implemented as, but not limited to, a voice coil motor.

Continuously referring to FIG. 4A, the camera module 1 further comprisesat least one filter element 60, wherein the filter element 60 is heldbetween the optical lens 10 and the photosensitive chip 20 to enable thelight entering into the camera module 1 from the optical lens 10 can bereceived and photo-electrically converted by the photosensitive chip 20after being filtered by the filter element 60, wherein the filterelement 60 is capable of filtering stray light in the light entering theinterior of the camera module 1 from the optical lens 10 to improve theimaging quality of the camera module 1. The type of the filter element60 is not limited in the camera module 1 of the present invention, forexample, the filter element 60 may be implemented as, but not limitedto, an infrared filter.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the filterelement 60 can also form a part of the molding circuit board assembly1000.

In one exemplary embodiment of the camera module 1, referring to FIG.4A, the filter element 60 is attached to the top surface 42 of themolding base 40 to enable the filter element 60 to be held between theoptical lens 10 and the photosensitive chip 20.

Specifically, the top surface 42 of the molding base 40 forms at leastone outer side surface 421 and at least one inner side surface 422,wherein the driver 50 is attached to the outer side surface 421 of themolding base 40, the filter element 60 is attached to the inner sidesurface 422 of the molding base 40.

In one exemplary embodiment, the plane wherein the outer side surface421 of the molding base 40 is located has a same height as the planewherein the inner side surface 422 is located, that is, the top surface42 of the molding base 40 is a plane. In another exemplary embodiment,the outer side surface 421 and the inner side surface 422 of the moldingbase 40 have a height difference, for example, the plane wherein theouter side surface 421 of the molding base 40 is located is higher thanthe plane wherein the inner surface 422 is located, thereby forming atleast one filter attaching groove 423, wherein the filter attachinggroove 423 communicates with the light window 41, wherein the filterelement 60 attached to the inner side surface 422 of the molding base 40is accommodated in the filter attaching groove 423 to reduce the heightof the camera module 1 and improve the stability of the filter element60.

In another exemplary embodiment of the camera module 1, before themolding base 40 is formed, the filter element 60 may be first directlyor indirectly fixed on the photosensitive chip 20, for example, thefilter element 60 may directly cover the photosensitive chip 20, suchthat the filter element 60 contacts with the photosensitive chip 20, ora support is disposed between the filter element 60 and thephotosensitive chip 20, such that the filter element 60 has a safedistance from the photosensitive chip 20, and then the molding base 40is molded by a molding process such that the outer edge of the filterelement 60 is further embedded by the molding base 40, thereby thefilter element 60, the molding base 40, the circuit board 30, and thephotosensitive chip 20 are integrated.

In another exemplary embodiment, referring to FIG. 4B, the molding base40 of the camera module 1 may be further bonded to thenon-photosensitive areas of the photosensitive chip 20 to further reducethe length and width of the camera module 1. Specifically, in thisspecific exemplary embodiment of the camera module 1 of the presentinvention, the photosensitive chip 20 may be first attached to thecircuit board 30, and then a molding process is performed to form themolding base 40, and the molding base 40 is bonded to thenon-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20. In anotherexemplary embodiment, referring to FIG. 4C, the camera module 1 mayfurther include a bracket 70, wherein the bracket 70 has a light throughhole 71, and the filter element 60 is attached to the bracket 70 toclose the light through hole 71, wherein the bracket 70 is attached tothe inner side surface 422 of the molding base 40, such that the filterelement 60 is held between the optical lens 10 and the photosensitivechips 20, in this way, the size of the filter element 60 can be reduced,such that the material cost of the camera module 1 is reduced.

Further, the camera module 1 may further include at least one electroniccomponent 80, wherein the electronic component 80 is attached to thecircuit board 30, or the electronic component 80 may be partially orcompletely embedded into the substrate 33. In an exemplary embodimentwhere the electronic component 80 is partially embedded into thesubstrate 33 and the electronic component 80 is attached to a surface ofthe substrate 33, the molding base 40 may embed at least a part of atleast one of the electronic component 80. Preferably, the molding base40 embeds a part of the electronic component 80 located on the uppersurface of the circuit board 30 or embeds all of the electroniccomponents 80, in this way, on one hand, the molding base 40 canseparate the electronic component 80 and the outside air to prevent thesurface of the electronic component 80 from being oxidized, on the otherhand, the molding base 40 can separate adjacent electronic components80, which can not only preventing the adjacent electronic components 80from interfering with each other, but also can make the separation ofthe adjacent electronic components 80 closer, such that a larger numberand size of the electronic component 80 is attached to the limited areaof the circuit board 30, and on the other hand, the molding base 40 canseparate the electronic component 80 and the photosensitive chip 20 toprevent the photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 fromcontaminating by contamination, such as solder powder or debris,generated on the surface of the electronic component 80 or the solderingposition of the electronic component 80 and the circuit board 30.

It is to be noted that the type of the electronic component 80 is notlimited in the camera module 1 of the present invention. For example,the electronic component 80 can be implemented as, but not limited to, aresistor, a capacitor, a processor, relays, etc.

FIG. 4D illustrates the camera module 1 according to a variantembodiment of the present invention, wherein the camera module 1 may befree of the molding base 40, specifically, the camera module 1 comprisesat least a lens frame 90, wherein the lens frame 90 has at least onelight through channel 91, wherein the lens frame 90 is attached to thecircuit board 30 after the photosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board30 are conductively connected, and the photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20 is corresponded to the light through channel 91of the lens frame 90, wherein the optical lens 10 can be directly orindirectly disposed in the lens frame 90, such that the optical lens 10is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip 20,thereby the light entering into the camera module 1 from the opticallens 10 is received and photo-electrically converted by thephotosensitive chip 20 after passing through the light through channel91 of the lens frame 90.

When the camera module 1 is used, the light reflected by the object isreceived and photo-electrically converted by the photosensitive chip 20to form an electrical signal of an image relating to the object afterentering into the camera module 1 from the optical lens 10. It can beunderstood by those skilled in the art that the electrical signal isprocessed and transmitted to the electronic device body 2 by the circuitboard 30 of the camera module 1, and of course, it is also possible thatthe electrical signal is transmitted to other devices. In the cameramodule 1 of the present invention, the stability of the circuit board 30as processing and transmitting the electrical signal is effectivelyimproved to ensure high performance of the camera module 1.

Referring to FIGS. 5-7, the circuit board 30 further includes at leastone digital circuit unit 31, at least one analog circuit unit 32, and asubstrate 33, wherein the digital circuit unit 31 and the analog circuitunit 32 are respectively formed on different areas of the substrate 31,and the digital circuit unit 31 and the analog circuit unit 32 arecommunicably conducted, respectively, the photosensitive chip 20 isconductively connected to the digital circuit unit 31 and the analogcircuit unit 32 of the circuit board 30. The electrical signal formed bythe photosensitive chip 20 can be transmitted from the digital circuitunit 31 and the analog circuit unit 32 to each of the electroniccomponent 80 and a connector 130.

It is to be noted that the digital circuit unit 31 to which the presentinvention relates is a set of the circuit board 30 formed of digitalcircuits, wherein the digital circuit is for processing a digital signal(Digital Signal), wherein the digital signal is a signal that isdiscrete (quantized) in both time and amplitude, The values quantized bythe electrical signal are respectively encoded into a sequenceconsisting of only two numbers 0 and 1, and the corresponding number isgenerated by the pulse signal generator, wherein the digital signalincludes, but is not limited to, MIPI (Digital Transmission Type DigitalSignal), IIC (Digital Control Class Signal), MCLK (Digital ClockSignal), DVDD/DGND (Digital Power Supply), and the like. Accordingly,the analog circuit unit 32 to which the present invention relates is aset of circuit boards 30 formed by analog circuits, wherein the analogcircuit is for processing the analog signal (Analog Signal), wherein theanalog signal refers to a continuous time, continuous amplitude signal,wherein the analog signal includes, but is not limited to, AVDD/AGND(analog power supply), VTG/VRGSL (analog voltage reference), and thelike.

It is to be noted that the connector 130 may be directly disposed in thesubstrate 33 or indirectly disposed in the substrate 33 through aconnecting plate 140 such as a soft board, a hard and soft board, a hardboard, a ceramic board, or the like, and the connector 130 is connectedto the digital circuit unit 31 and the analog circuit unit 32.Subsequently, after the camera module 1 is attached to the electronicdevice body 2, the connector 130 and a device such as the circuit boardof the electronic device body 2 or the like are connected to each other,such that the electrical signal formed by the photosensitive chip 20 canbe transmitted from the digital circuit unit 31 and the analog circuitunit 32 to the electronic device body 2 through the connector 130.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the digitalcircuit unit 31 and the analog circuit unit 32 of the circuit board 30are both formed by the circuit disposed in the substrate 33 and theelectronic component 80 attached to the substrate 33 or embedded in thesubstrate 33. Specifically, the digital circuit unit 31 includes thecircuit disposed in the substrate 33 and at least one of the electroniccomponents 80 attached to the substrate 33 or embedded in the substrate33, the analog circuit unit 32 includes a circuit disposed in thesubstrate 33 and at least one of the electronic components 80 attachedto the substrate 33 or embedded in the substrate 33.

The digital circuit unit 31 and the analog circuit unit 32 of thecircuit board 30 in the present invention are formed on different areasof the substrate 33, in this way, the electromagnetic waves generated bythe circuit of the digital circuit unit 31 of the circuit board 30 canbe prevented from interfering with the electrical signals transmittedand processed by the analog circuit unit 32.

Specifically, at least a part of the analog circuit unit 32 of thecircuit board 30 has a safe distance from the digital circuit unit 31 toprevent electromagnetic wave generated by the circuit of the digitalcircuit unit 31 interfering with the electrical signals transmitted andprocessed by the analog circuit unit 32.

FIG. 20A is a diagram showing the interference of the tested MIPI signalof the camera module 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 20B is adiagram showing the interference of the tested MIPI signal of the cameramodule of the prior art. By comparing the test results shown in FIGS.20A and 20B, it can be found that in the camera module of the presentinvention, the safety distance is formed between at least a part of theanalog circuit unit 32 of the circuit board 30 and the digital circuitunit 31, and the degree of interference of the MIPI signal can bereduced.

40%˜100% of the part of the analog circuit unit 32 has the safe distancefrom the digital circuit unit 31. Preferably, 70%˜99% of the part of theanalog circuit unit 32 has the safety distance from the digital circuitunit 31. The safety distance parameter between the analog circuit unit32 and the digital circuit unit 31 is L1, wherein the parameter L1 has avalue range of 0.02 mm˜0.5 mm (including 0.02 mm and 0.5 mm) Preferably,the parameter L1 has a value range of 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm (including 0.1 mmand 0.4 mm) The substrate 33 has at least one circuit disposing portion331 and a chip holding portion 332, wherein the digital circuit unit 31and the analog circuit unit 32 are formed on the circuit disposingportion 331 of the substrate 33, the photosensitive chip 20 is disposedin the chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33.

In this exemplary embodiment of the camera module 1 of the presentinvention, the circuit disposing portion 331 further has a digitalcircuit area 3311 and an analog circuit area 3312, wherein the digitalcircuit unit 31 is formed with a circuit disposed in the digital circuitarea 3311 of the circuit disposing portion 331 and the electroniccomponent 80 located in the digital circuit area 3311, and the analogcircuit unit 32 is formed with a circuit disposed in analog circuit area3312 of the circuit disposing portion 331 and the electronic component80 located in the analog circuit area 3312, such that the circuit of thedigital circuit unit 31 and the circuit of the analog circuit unit 32are no longer mixed together, thereby being able to prevent theelectromagnetic waves generated by the circuits of the digital circuitunit 31 from interfering with the electrical signals transmitted andprocessed by the analog circuit unit 32 to ensure the communicationcapability of the circuit board 30.

The analog circuit unit 32 is formed on the analog circuit area 3312 ofthe circuit disposing portion 331, such that the circuit of the analogcircuit unit 32 and the electronic component 80 are integrated to makethe circuit board 30 more simple. The analog circuit unit 32 surroundsat least two sides of the chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33,such that the analog circuit unit 32 surrounds at least two sides of thephotosensitive chip 20. The analog circuit unit 32 may be, but notlimited to, an “L” shape, a “C” shape, an unclosed “O” shape, or thelike.

Referring to FIG. 5, the chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33 isimplemented as a flat attaching part for attaching the photosensitivechip 20. Preferably, the chip holding portion 332 is located at a middlepart of the substrate 33.

The circuit board 30 further includes at least one substrate connector34, wherein each of the substrate connectors 34 is disposed in thecircuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33, and each of thesubstrate connectors 34 is electrically connected to the digital circuitunit 31 or the analog circuit unit 32, for example, each of thesubstrate connectors 34 may be disposed in the digital circuit area 3311of the circuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33, respectively.

The non-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 has at leastone chip connector 21. After the photosensitive chip 20 is attached tothe chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33 to hold thephotosensitive chip 20 in the chip holding portion 332, the chipconnector 21 of the photosensitive chip 20 and the substrate connector34 of the circuit board 30 are connected through a conductive medium110, such that the photosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board 30 areconductively connected. For example, the conductive medium 110 may beimplemented as a lead which may be formed between the chip connector 21of the photosensitive chip 20 and the substrate connector 34 of thecircuit board 30 by a wiring process. The conductive medium 110 isimplemented as the lead. The wiring direction of the conductive medium110 is not limited in the present invention. For example, the wiringdirection of the conductive medium 110 may be from the photosensitivechip 20 to the circuit board 30, or the wiring direction of theconductive medium 110 may be from the circuit board 30 to thephotosensitive chip 20. It is to be noted that the surface on which thephotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 is located is theupper surface of the photosensitive chip 20, and the surface of thephotosensitive chip 20 opposite to the surface on which thephotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 is located is a lowersurface of the photosensitive chip 20, that is, the photosensitive chip20 has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface, whereinthe side surface is connected to the upper surface and the lower surfaceupward and downward, respectively, wherein the chip connector 21 may bedisposed in the upper surface of the photosensitive chip 20.Nevertheless, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that thechip connector 21 can also be disposed in the lower surface or the sidesurface of the photosensitive chip 20.

In addition, the type of the conductive medium 110 is not limited in thecamera module 1 of the present invention. For example, the conductivemedium 110 may be any type of conductive medium that can be used toconduct the photosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board 30, such asgold, copper, silver, or the like.

It is to be noted that the shapes of the substrate connector 34 of thecircuit board 30 and the shape of the chip connector 21 of thephotosensitive chip 20 are not limited in the camera module 1 of thepresent invention. For example, the shapes of the substrate connector 34of the circuit board 30 and the shape of the chip connector 21 of thephotosensitive chip 20 may be a disk shape, a spherical shape, or thelike.

FIG. 8 shows a variant embodiment of the circuit board 30 of the cameramodule 1 according to the present invention, wherein the chip holdingportion 332 of the substrate 33 is implemented as a accommodating space3321 for accommodating the photosensitive chip 20, such that thephotosensitive chip 20 is held in the chip holding portion 332.Generally, the accommodating space 3321 of the substrate 33 isimplemented as a groove, preferably a through hole, wherein after thephotosensitive chip 20 is accommodated in the accommodating space 3321,and the photosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board 30 are conductivelyconnected through the conductive medium 110, the circuit disposingportion 331 of the circuit board 30 and at least a part of thenon-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 integrally formsthe molded base 40, the photosensitive chip 20 is held in theaccommodating space 3321 by the molding base 40, in this way, on onehand, the height of the camera module 1 can be reduced, and on the otherhand, the flatness of the photosensitive chip 20 is no longer limited bythe flatness of the circuit board 30, and is maintained by the moldingbase 40, thereby making the photosensitive chip 20 flatter, and thecircuit board 30 can employ a thinner plate to further reduce the heightof the camera module 1. In addition, the photosensitive chip 20 may beattached to the substrate 33 in a flip-chip process, and thephotosensitive chip 20 and the circuit board 30 may be conductivelyconnected.

In addition, the type of the substrate 33 is not limited in the cameramodule 1 of the present invention. For example, the substrate 33 may be,but not limited to, a soft board, a hard board, a ceramic board, and asoft and hard board.

Further, the substrate 33 has at least two plate layer 333, that is, twoor more of the plate layers 333 overlap each other to form the substrate33. The circuit of the digital circuit unit 31 and the circuit of theanalog circuit unit 32 are respectively disposed on each of the platelayers 333 of the substrate 33. The parameter of the layer number of theplate layer 333 of the substrate 33 is Y, wherein the parameter Y has avalue range of 2˜20 (including 2 and 20). Preferably, the parameter Yhas a value range of 3˜15 (including 3 and 15). More preferably, theparameter Y has a value range of 4˜10 (including 4 and 10). Thethickness parameter of the plate layer 333 is Z, wherein the parameter Zhas a value range of 0.005 mm˜0.5 mm (including 0.005 mm and 0.5 mm)Preferably, the parameter Z has a value range of 0.01 mm˜0.2 mm(including 0.01 mm and 0.2 mm) The substrate 33 has at least onecommunicating hole 334 and a circuit connector 335, wherein thecommunicating hole 334 communicates with each of the plate layers 333 ofthe substrate 33, and the circuit connector 335 is formed on theperipheral wall of the communicating hole 334 for conductivelyconnecting to the circuit of the digital circuit unit 31 and the circuitof the analog circuit unit 32 disposed in each of the plate layers 333.

The circuit of the digital circuit unit 31 includes a horizontalextension circuit 311 and a vertical extension circuit 312, wherein thehorizontal extension circuit 311 of the digital circuit unit 31 of theplate layer 333 disposed in the upper layer substantially extendshorizontally, the vertical extension circuit 312 of the digital circuitunit 31 of the plate layer 333 disposed in the upper layer iselectrically connected to the horizontal extension circuit 311 of thedigital circuit unit 31 of the plate layer 333 disposed in the lowerlayer through the circuit connector 335. Correspondingly, the circuit ofthe analog circuit unit 32 also includes the horizontal extensioncircuit 311 and the vertical extension circuit 312, wherein thehorizontal extension circuit 311 of the analog circuit unit 32 of theplate layer 333 disposed in the upper layer substantially extendshorizontally, and the vertical extension circuit 312 of the analogcircuit unit 32 of the plate layer 333 disposed in the upper layer iselectrically connected to the horizontal extension circuit 311 of theanalog circuit unit 32 of the plate layer 333 disposed the lower layerthrough the circuit connector 335. According to the above manner, thewidth of the substrate 33 can be sufficiently utilized to make thelength and width of the substrate 33 smaller, thereby further reducingthe volume of the camera module 1.

The diameter of the communicating hole 334 may be larger than the widthof the circuit, or may be equal to or smaller than the diameter of thecircuit. The diameter parameter of the communicating hole 334 is a,wherein the parameter a has a value range of 0.005 mm˜0.8 mm (including0.005 mm and 0.8 mm) Preferably, the parameter a has a value range of0.1 mm˜0.5 mm (including 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm) The minimum width parameterof the circuit is b, wherein the parameter b has a value range of 0.001mm˜0.5 mm (including 0.001 mm and 0.5 mm), preferably, the parameter bhas a value range of 0.02 mm˜0.1 mm (including 0.02 mm and 0.1 mm) Theminimum distance parameter of the adjacent circuit or the communicatinghole 334 is c, wherein the parameter c has a value range of 0.001 mm˜0.5mm (including 0.001 mm and 0.5 mm), preferably, the parameter c has avalue range of 0.02 mm˜0.1 mm (including 0.02 mm and 0.1 mm) The minimumdistance parameter of the edge of the substrate 33 of the circuit board30 and the edge of the analog circuit area 3312 is d, that is, theparameters of the manufacturing tolerance of the cutting tolerancesuperposition line are d. The width parameter of the narrowest side ofthe substrate 33 (i.e., the distance between the inner wall of thesubstrate 33 for forming the accommodating space 3321 and the outer wallof the substrate 33) is e, wherein the parameter e has a value range of:[2*d+min(a, b)*2+c]˜[2*d+10*max(a, b)+9*c] (including [2*d+min(a,b)*2+c] and [2*d+10*max(a, b)+9*c], preferably, the parameter e has avalue range of: [2*d+2*max(a, b)+c]˜[2*d+4*max(a, b)+3*c] (including[2*d+2*max(a, b)+c] and [2*d+4*max(a, b)+3*c]). The parameter of thedistance of the photosensitive chip 20 and the accommodating space 3321ish, wherein the parameter h has a value range of: 0.002 mm˜5 mm(including 0.002 mm and 5 mm), preferably 0.02 mm˜1 mm (including 0.02mm and 1 mm).

The size of the circuit board 30 affects the size of the camera module1. Specifically, the parameter of the length of the photosensitive chip20 in a certain direction isf, and the parameter of the length of thecamera module 1 in this direction isg, wherein the center of thephotosensitive chip 20 is the origin, the shortest length from theorigin to the sides of the substrate 33 in this direction is theshortest length of the camera module 1 in this direction, that is,g=f+e+d+h. By calculation, it can be obtained that, the parameter g hasa value range of: [f+3*d+min(a, b)*2+c+h]˜[f+3*d+10*max(a, b)+9*c+h](including [f+3*d+min(a, b)*2+c+h] and [f+3*d+10*max(a, b)+9*c+h]).Preferably, the parameter g has a value range of: [f+3*d+2*max(a,b)+c+h]˜[f+3*d+4*max(a, b)+3*c+h] (including [f+3*d+2*max(a, b)+c+h] and[f+3*d+4*max(a, b)+3*c+h]).

Further, referring to FIG. 4A, in this exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention, the camera module 1 further includes at least oneprotecting portion 120, wherein the protecting portion 120 has at leastone opening 121, wherein the protecting portion 120 is formed on ordisposed in the circuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33 of thecircuit board 30, the chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33, theelectronic component 80 or the connector, which corresponds to theopening 121 of the protecting portion 120. When the molding base 40 ismolded by the molding die 100, the protecting portion 120 can protectthe circuit board 30, and can protect the photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20 from contamination. For example, the protectingportion 120 can prevent the circuit board 30 from rolling up beingcaused by shrinkage of the molding base 40 due to curing, in such amanner that it is being held between the molding base 40 and the circuitboard 30, such that the circuit board 30 is protected. Further, themolding base 40 can embed a part of the protecting portion 120.

It is to be noted that the protecting portion 120 may also be formed onor disposed in at least a part of the non-photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20, such that the molding die 100 applies pressureto the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 in themolding process. In addition, the protecting portion 120 may be formedon or disposed in the circuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33and at least a part of the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitivechip 20.

It is to be noted that, in other exemplary embodiment of the cameramodule 1, the protecting portion 120 may not have the opening 121, forexample, before the photosensitive chip 20 is attached to the substrate33, on the surface of the substrate 33, the protective portion 120 maybe formed on the surface of the substrate 33 by using a material such asink by applying any possible material, such as ink, or the like, to thesurface of the substrate 33.

Further, the circuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33 furtherincludes at least one bonding area 3313 and at least one protecting area3314, wherein the protecting portion 120 is at least formed on ordisposed in the protecting area 3314 of the circuit disposing portion331 of the substrate 33. In one exemplary embodiment, a part of theprotecting portion 120 may also be formed on or disposed in at least apart of the bonding area 3313 of the circuit disposing portion 331 ofthe substrate 33, or a part of the protecting portion 120 may also beformed on or disposed in at least a part of the non-photosensitive areaof the photosensitive chip 20, or a part of the protecting portion 120may be simultaneously formed on or disposed in at least a part of thenon-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20 and at least apart of the bonding area 3313, or a part of the protecting portion 120may also be formed on or disposed in the chip holding portion 332. Whena part of the protecting portion 120 is formed on or disposed in thebonding area 3313 and the molding base 40 is integrally bonded to thebonding area 3313 of the substrate 33, the molding base 40 may embed apart of the protecting portion 20.

In addition, the molding base 40 can separate the digital circuit unit31 and the analog circuit unit 32 after molding, thereby furtherpreventing electromagnetic wave interference generated by the circuit ofthe digital circuit unit 31 from interfering with the electrical signaltransmitted and processed by the analog circuit unit 32. FIGS. 11 to 19illustrate a manufacturing process of the camera module 1, wherein themolding base 40 is molded on the circuit board 30 by the molding die 100while the camera module 1 being fabricated. The molding die 100 includesan upper die 101 and a lower die 102, wherein the upper die 101 has atleast one base molding portion 1011 and at least one light windowmolding portion 1012 and has at least one molding guide groove 1013,wherein the light window molding portion 1012 is integrally formed on amiddle part of the base molding portion 1011 to form the molding guidegroove 1013 between the base molding portion 1011 and the light windowmolding portion 1012, wherein at least one of the upper die 101 and thelower die 102 can be operated such that the molding die 100 is subjectedto a clamping and demolding operation to form at least one molding space103 between the upper die 101 and the lower die 102, that is, themolding space 103 of the molding die 100 is formed at a positioncorresponding to the molding guide groove 1013 of the upper die 101. Itcan be understood that, when the molding die forms two or more of themolding spaces 103, the adjacent molding spaces 103 can be conductivelyconnected to allow a molding material 200 to be added to one of themolding space 103, the molding material 200 can also be filled in theadjacent molding space 103.

Referring to FIG. 11, the electronic component 80 is attached to thesubstrate 33 of the circuit board 30, such that the electronic component80 is electrically connected to the circuit disposed on the substrate33, thereby the circuit disposed in the digital circuit area 3311 of thecircuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33 and the electroniccomponent 80 attached to the digital circuit area 3311 form the digitalcircuit unit 31, the circuit disposed in the analog circuit area 3312 ofthe circuit disposing portion 331 of the substrate 33 and the electroniccomponent 80 attached to the analog circuit area 3312 form the analogcircuit unit 32. It can be understood that, although the electroniccomponent 80 is attached to the upper surface of the substrate 33 inFIG. 11, in other exemplary embodiment, the electronic component 80 canbe attached to the lower surface of the substrate 33, or attached toboth the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate 33.Nevertheless, those skilled in the art will be understood that theelectronic component 80 may also be partially or fully embedded in thesubstrate 33. Referring to FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B, the protecting portion120 is disposed in or formed on the protecting area 3314 of the circuitdisposing portion 331 of the substrate 33. Preferably, the protectingportion 120 is formed at least in the protecting area 3314 of thesubstrate 33 in the drawing. For example, in this exemplary embodimentshown in FIG. 12A, a medium, such as ink, or the like may be applied tothe protecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 to form the protectingportion 120 on the protecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 by a mediumsuch as ink, or the like. Of course, the ink may also form theprotecting portion 120 at the bonding area 3313 of the substrate 33and/or at the chip holding portion 332 of the substrate 33. In theexemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 12B, the protecting portion 120 maybe formed by a medium, such as glue, or the like applied to theprotecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 after curing, it will beunderstood that, the opening 121 of the protecting portion 120 may alsobe formed while the protecting portion 120 is formed on the protectingportion 3314 by a medium, such as glue, or the like, wherein the opening121 of the protecting portion 120 corresponds to the chip holdingportion 332. In addition, the protecting portion 120 may also be formedon the bonding area 3313 of the substrate 33. It is to be noted that, inother exemplary embodiment, the photosensitive chip 20 may be first heldin the chip holding portion 332, for example, the photosensitive chip 20may be attached to the chip holding portion 332, or the photosensitivechip 20 is accommodated in the chip holding portion 332 that isimplemented as the accommodating space 3321, and then the protectingportion 120 is formed on the non-photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20 and corresponds to the opening 121 of thephotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20, or the protectingportion 120 is formed on the non-photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20 and the protecting area 3314 simultaneously andcorresponds to the opening 121 of the photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20, alternatively, the protecting portion 120 isformed on the non-photosensitive area of the photosensitive chip 20, theprotecting area 3314, and the bonding area 3313 simultaneously, andcorresponds to the opening 121 of the photosensitive area of thephotosensitive chip 20.

The width parameter of the protecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 isL2, wherein the parameter L2 has a value range of: 0.01 mm˜10 mm(including 0.01 mm and 10 mm) Preferably, the parameter L2 has a valuerange of: 0.5 mm˜5 mm (including 0.5 mm and 5 mm).

It can be understood that the protecting area 3314 is at least a partialarea of the press-fitted surface 10121 of the light window molding block1012 of the upper die 101 of the molding die 100, such that the width ofthe protecting portion 120 formed in the protecting area 3314 can beensured by ensuring the width of the protecting area 3314, thereby thecircuit board 30 can be protected by the protecting portion 120 in amolding process.

FIG. 12C shows a variant embodiment, wherein the protecting portion 120may not be formed on the circuit board 30, but the protecting portion120 is formed on the press-fitted surface 10121 of the light windowmolding block 1012 of the upper die 101 of the molding die 100, suchthat the protecting portion 120 can be located between the press-fittedsurface 10121 of the light window molding block 1012 and the circuitboard 30 in a molding process to protect the circuit board. It can beunderstood that, in this exemplary embodiment, the protecting portion120 may not have the opening 121, for example, the protecting portion120 can be implemented as a cover film that covers at least the lightwindow molding block 1012 of the upper mold 101.

Nevertheless, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that theprotecting portion 120 can also be formed on the photosensitive chip 20,for example, the chip surface protective glue of the photosensitive chip20 can form the protecting portion 120, such that in the moldingprocess, the press-fitted surface 10121 of the upper die 101 of themolding die 100 applies pressure to the photosensitive chip 20, suchthat the protecting portion 120 is located between the press-fittedsurface 10121 and the photosensitive chip 20 to protect thephotosensitive chip 20. In addition, the protecting portion 120 may alsobe formed on the filter element 60, such that in a molding process, thepress-fitted surface 10121 of the upper die 101 of the molding die 100applies pressure to the filter element 60, such that the protectingportion 120 is located between the press-fitted surface 10121 and thefilter element 60 to protect the filter element 60.

In the following description, the features and advantages of the cameramodule 1 of the present invention are further explained by taking theprotecting portion 120 formed on the bonding area 3313 and theprotecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 as an example. The press-fittedsurface 10121 of the upper die 101 applies pressure to the protectingarea 3314 when the molding die 100 is operated to be clamped, whereinthe bonding area 3313 is located in the molding space 103 of the moldingdie 100.

The protecting portion 120 is located between the press-fitted surface10121 of the upper die 101 and the circuit board 30, such that theprotecting portion 120 can prevent the press-fitted surface 10121 of theupper die 101 from directly pressing on the circuit board 30.Preferably, the protecting portion 120 has sufficient elasticity, inthis way, on one hand, the protecting portion 120 can absorb the impactforce generated by the molding die 100 when being clamped, to preventthe circuit board 30 from the damage and deformation caused by theimpact force, on the other hand, the protecting portion 120 can preventa gap from being formed between the press-fitted surface 10121 of theupper die 101 and the circuit board 30, thereby in the subsequentmolding process, the molding material 200 is prevented from entering theprotecting area 3314 from the bonding area 3313. The width of theprotecting area 3314 of the substrate 33 is a value range of theparameter L2, such that the press-fitted surface 10121 of the upper die101 and the protecting portion 120 can be completely contacted to ensurethe reliability of the molding process. It is to be noted that, theprotecting portion 120 has sufficient strength to ensure that, whenapplying pressure to the protection portion 120, the shape of thepress-fitted surface 10121 of the upper die 101 after completing themolding process is not affected by the deformation of the protectingportion 120 due to its excessive deformation.

The molding material 200 in the fluid state is added to the moldingspace 103 of the molding die 100, and the molding material 200 is filledin the molding space 103, such that the molding base 40 is obtainedafter the molding material 200 is cured in the molding space 103. Sincethe protecting portion 120 prevents a gap from being formed between thepress-fitted surface 10121 of the upper die 101 and the circuit board30, the molding material 200 does not overflow to prevent the moldingmaterial 200 from occurring an undesirable phenomenon of “flash” causedby its leaking. It is to be noted that the molding material 200 may be aliquid material, or may be a solid particle, or a mixture of a liquidmaterial and solid particles, such that the molding material 200 canflow, in order to enable the molding material 200 added to the moldingspace 103 to fill the molding space 103.

In addition, although the protecting portion 120 is formed on theprotecting area 3314 of the circuit board 30, the inner surface of theupper die 101 may also form the protecting portion 120, such as a coverfilm, to facilitate demolding of the molded base 40 after molding. Itcan be understood that the inner surface of the upper die 101 includesthe press-fitted surface 10121 and the inner surface of the upper die101 for forming the molding guide groove 1013.

Generally, a plurality of the circuit boards 30 may form a jointedcircuit board, and then the jointed circuit board is subjected to amolding process. At this time, after the demolding, the jointed circuitboard molded with the molding base 40 needs to be divided for example,by cutting or etching to obtain the molding circuit board assembly 1000.

Referring to FIG. 19, the photosensitive chip 20 is attached to the chipholding portion 332 of the substrate 33 through the light window 41 ofthe molding base 40, and both ends of the conductive medium 110 areelectrically connected to the substrate connector 34 and the chipconnector 21 of the photosensitive chip 20 by a wiring processrespectively, to conductively connect the photosensitive chip 20 and thecircuit board 30. The filter element 40 is attached to the inner sidesurface 422 of the top surface 42 of the molding base 40. The opticallens 10 is assembled to the driver 50, and the driver 50 is assembled tothe outer surface 421 of the top surface 42 of the molding base 40, suchthat the optical lens 10 is held in the photosensitive path of thephotosensitive chip 20 to obtain the camera module 1.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides a method of manufacturing a molding circuitboard assembly 1000, wherein the manufacturing method comprises thefollowing steps:

(a) providing a substrate 33 with a protecting portion 120, wherein theprotecting portion 120 is located at least in a protecting area 3314 ofthe substrate 33;

(b) forming a molding base 40 having at least one light window 41 on abonding area 3313 of the substrate 33 by a molding process; and

(c) conductively connecting a photosensitive chip 20 to the substrate 33via the light window 41 of the molding base 40 to manufacture themolding circuit board assembly 1000.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the presentinvention further provides a method of manufacturing a camera module 1,wherein the manufacturing method comprises the following steps:

(A) providing a substrate 33 with a protecting portion 120, wherein theprotecting portion 120 is located at least in a protecting area 3314 ofthe substrate 33;

(B) forming a molding base 40 having at least one light window 41 on abonding area 3313 of the substrate 33 by a molding process;

(C) conductively connecting a photosensitive chip 20 to the substrate 33via the light window 41 of the molding base 40; and

(D) holding an optical lens 10 on an photosensitive path of thephotosensitive chip 20 to manufacture the camera module 1.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodimentsof the invention illustrated in the drawings and described above aremerely illustrative and not limiting. It can be seen that the object ofthe invention can be fully and efficiently accomplished. This embodimentfor explaining the functional and structural principles of the presentinvention has been fully illustrated and described, and the presentinvention is not limited by the changes based on the principles of theseembodiments. Accordingly, the present invention includes allmodifications that fall within the scope and spirit of the appendedclaims.

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 51. A circuit board, characterized by comprising: adigital circuit unit; an analog circuit unit; and a substrate, whereinthe digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are respectivelyformed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analogcircuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at leastone part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digitalcircuit unit.
 52. The circuit board according to claim 51, wherein40%˜100% of part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from thedigital circuit unit.
 53. The circuit board according to claim 52,wherein 70%˜99% of part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distancefrom the digital circuit unit.
 54. The circuit board according to claim51, wherein a parameter of a width of the safety distance formed betweenthe analog circuit unit and the digital circuit unit is L1, wherein theparameter L1 of the width of the safety distance has a value range of:0.02 mm≤L1≤0.5 mm.
 55. The circuit board according to claim 54, whereinthe parameter L1 of the width of the safety distance has a value rangeof: 0.1 mm≤L1≤0.4 mm.
 56. The circuit board according to claim 51,wherein the shape of the analog circuit unit is selected from the groupconsisting of an L shape, a C shape, and an unclosed O shape.
 57. Thecircuit board according to claim 56, wherein the substrate has at leastone accommodation space for accommodating a photosensitive chip.
 58. Thecircuit board according to claim 51, wherein the substrate comprises twoor more plate layers that overlap each other.
 59. The circuit boardaccording to claim 58, wherein a layer number of the plate layers of thesubstrate has a value range of: 2˜20.
 60. The circuit board according toclaim 59, wherein the layer number of the plate layers of the substratehas a value range of: 4˜10.
 61. The circuit board according to claim 58,wherein the substrate has at least one communicating hole and includesat least one circuit connector, wherein each of the communicating holesof the substrate communicates with two adjacent plate layers, each ofthe circuit connectors is formed on an inner wall of the substrate,which is used to form the communicating hole, and each of the circuitconnectors conductively connects the circuits of two adjacent platelayers.
 62. The circuit board according to claim 61, wherein the circuiton each of the plate layers is respectively a horizontally extendingcircuit and a vertically extending circuit, the horizontally extendingcircuit extends along a length direction and/or a width direction of theplate layer, the vertically extending circuit extends along a verticaldirection of the plate layer, wherein the vertically extending circuitof one of the plate layers are conductively connected with horizontallyextending circuit of adjacent plate layer by the circuit connector. 63.The circuit board according to claim 61, wherein the diameter parameterof the communicating hole is a, the width parameter of the circuit is b,the minimum distance parameter of adjacent circuits or adjacentcommunicating holes is c, the minimum distance parameter from the edgeof the substrate to the edge of the analog circuit area is d, and thenarrowest side width parameter of the substrate is e, wherein theparameter e has a value range of: [2*d+min(a, b)*2+c]˜[2*d+10*max(a,b)+9*c].
 64. The circuit board according to claim 63, wherein theparameter e has a value range of: [2*d+2*max(a, b)+c]˜[2*d+4*max(a,b)+3*c].
 65. The circuit board according to claim 58, wherein athickness of the plate layer of the substrate has a value range of:0.005 mm˜0.5 mm.
 66. The circuit board according to claim 65, whereinthe thickness of the plate layer of the substrate has a value range of:0.01 mm˜0.2 mm.
 67. A molding circuit board assembly, characterized bycomprising: at least one photosensitive chip; a molding base, whereinthe molding base has at least one light window; and the circuit boardaccording to claim 51, wherein the photosensitive chip is held in a chipholding portion of the circuit board, and the photosensitive chip isconductively connected to at least one chip unit of the analog chip unitand the digital circuit unit of the circuit board, wherein the moldingbase is integrally bonded to the substrate, and a photosensitive area ofthe photosensitive chip corresponds to the light window of the moldingbase.
 68. The molding circuit board assembly of claim 67, whereinfurther comprises a protecting portion, and the circuit board furthercomprises at least one protecting area surrounding the chip holdingportion, and at least one bonding area surrounding the protecting area,wherein the protecting portion is located at least in the protectingarea of the substrate, wherein the molding base is integrally bonded tothe bonding area of the substrate, and the molding base surrounds thephotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip such that thephotosensitive area of the photosensitive chip corresponds to the lightwindow of the molding base.
 69. A camera module, characterized bycomprising: at least one optical lens; at least one photosensitive chip;and at least one circuit board according to claim 51, wherein thephotosensitive chip is held in a chip holding portion of the circuitboard, and the photosensitive chip is conductively connected to at leastone chip unit of the analog circuit unit and the digital circuit unit ofthe circuit board, the optical lens is held in the photosensitive pathof the photosensitive chip.
 70. An electronic device, characterized bycomprising: an electronic device body; and at least one camera moduleaccording to claim 69, wherein the camera module is disposed in theelectronic device body.